.TH "nvme_identify_ns_descs" 2 "nvme_identify_ns_descs" "February 2020" "libnvme Manual"
.SH NAME
nvme_identify_ns_descs \- Retrieves namespace descriptor list
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "int" nvme_identify_ns_descs
.BI "(int " fd ","
.BI "__u32 " nsid ","
.BI "struct nvme_ns_id_desc *" descs ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "fd" 12
File descriptor of nvme device
.IP "nsid" 12
The namespace id to retrieve destriptors
.IP "descs" 12
User space destination address to transfer the data
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
A list of Namespace Identification Descriptor structures is returned to the
host for the namespace specified in the Namespace Identifier (NSID) field if
it is an active NSID.

The data returned is in the form of an arrray of 'struct nvme_ns_id_desc'.

See \fIstruct nvme_ns_id_desc\fP for the definition of the returned structure.
.SH "RETURN"
The nvme command status if a response was received or -1 with errno
set otherwise.
